gatanegra
Aug 18, 2004, 02:17 PM
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I need advice! Two weeks ago I was at a picnic and seemed to notice a lot of knats around. Two days after the picnic I discovered over 20 bites on my legs which I had an allergic reaction to. Most of both legs were pink, swolen, and hot to the touch. The bites became the size of quarters. I became a bit disorientated, sick to the stomach, felt congested and a bit paniced. I went to the doctor and they just told me to take benadryl. I assumed that they were mosquito bites, but the doctor asked me if I had bed bugs. Bed bugs! What do I do?
Monday night, I heard a bug flying over my bed and thought it bit me on my arm. I had the door open for a bit earlier that evening. It could have been a mosquito. But, I also sleep on a five year old futon. By last night (Tuesday) the same thing happened as before. I noticed over 20 bites on my arm. Today I have developed the same allergic reaction. What should I do? I have taken some benadryl, but it doen't always help. Do I need to go to an ER? Do I have bed bugs? Or am I allergic to mosquito bites? I live in a humid place (five years in Chicago) but, I am originally from the southwest. I am not immune to any bugs out here.
Any advice would be fabulous.
Signed, itchy and crazed
I need advice! Two weeks ago I was at a picnic and seemed to notice a lot of knats around. Two days after the picnic I discovered over 20 bites on my legs which I had an allergic reaction to. Most of both legs were pink, swolen, and hot to the touch. The bites became the size of quarters. I became a bit disorientated, sick to the stomach, felt congested and a bit paniced. I went to the doctor and they just told me to take benadryl. I assumed that they were mosquito bites, but the doctor asked me if I had bed bugs. Bed bugs! What do I do?
Monday night, I heard a bug flying over my bed and thought it bit me on my arm. I had the door open for a bit earlier that evening. It could have been a mosquito. But, I also sleep on a five year old futon. By last night (Tuesday) the same thing happened as before. I noticed over 20 bites on my arm. Today I have developed the same allergic reaction. What should I do? I have taken some benadryl, but it doen't always help. Do I need to go to an ER? Do I have bed bugs? Or am I allergic to mosquito bites? I live in a humid place (five years in Chicago) but, I am originally from the southwest. I am not immune to any bugs out here.
Any advice would be fabulous.
Signed, itchy and crazed